Heavy showers, hailstorm and rumbling are anticipated to strike the UK days after the hottest springtime equinox in greater than half a century.
There was downpour in some components on Saturday mid-day and National Highways claimed components of the M18 in Yorkshire were shut while experts functioned to clear flooding water.
It is anticipated to be a gloomy begin to Sunday with rainfall in the north and eastern and bright spells in the north-west and south-east adhered to by showers, the Met Office claimed. There will certainly be above typical temperature levels for many components of the UK covering 15C in London, 12C in Birmingham and 11C in Manchester.
The Met Office claimed: “Heavy showers have developed across eastern parts of England this afternoon, with some hail and thunder mixed in. Heavy, thundery showers continue in parts of London and the East Midlands, with some areas seeing 10-15mm of rain in less than an hour.”
The UK experienced its hottest springtime equinox day considering that 1972 on Thursday with 21.3 C taped in Northolt, west London, and Chertsey,Surrey
Jonathan Vautrey, a meteorologist at the Met Office, claimed: “For this time in the year, it is rarer to have such intense storms. This is happening because we have had a lot of warm weather of late and temperatures are notably above average for the time of year.
“We’ve had highs reaching over 20C over the last few days, and we were up to 18.5C as the high today as well, where we should be more around 10 or 11C.
“That sort of heat that we’ve got around at the moment has really helped to spark off some of these thunderstorms, and a lot of moisture being drawn in with this sort of low-pressure system that’s been arriving across the UK.”
Vautrey included that environment situation is pressing temperature level extremes to brand-new degrees. “We’re constantly seeing warmer temperatures at earlier points of the year compared to where they normally are.
“These sort of intense summer storms are then increasingly going to happen at more points in the year because we’re getting those temperatures in there to really allow them to start developing.”
Flood informs from the Environment Agency continue to be in position for 20 components of the nation consisting of Henley, Salisbury and Hertfordshire.
The Met Office informed tourists to “take care” as “there could be some localised flooding in places”.
